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Featured Project: 3D Modelling – Still Life Scene by Joseph Brady

For this project, Digital Media and Interaction Design student, Joseph Brady created this still life scene.  Some of the individual models that he created then textured can be seen below.  In the final piece the models have been arranged into a scene reminiscent of a pirate tavern before being lit and rendered.

Many thanks to Joseph for allowing us to share this work. The 3D Modelling module is taken in year 3 by students of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Game Development and Animation for Games.

Featured Project: 3D animation – Red Dwarf Tongue Tied by Kaelin Walford

Games Development student Kaelin Walford has taken us back to the 80s with this recreation of the classic tongue tied sequence from Red Dwarf.    The challenge with this piece was to capture the different personalities of the characters while they are all making similar dance moves, but careful study of the original clip helped achieve the impressive final result.

Many thanks to Kaelin for allowing us to share this work. The 3D Animation module is taken in year 3 by students of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Game Development and Animation for Games.

Featured Project: 3D animation – The Matrix by Jamie Gibb

This clip was created by Jamie for the 3D animation module.  The task was to recreate an iconic scene from a film.  Jamie’s choice of the slo-mo scene from The Matrix was a challenge to recreate, but he went back to original footage captured during the making of the film to see how the shot was put together and used this as inspiration for his version.

You can see more of Jamie’s work on his instagram – @jambon3d

Study from the original film to help with animating

Many thanks to Jamie for allowing us to share his work. The 3D Animation module is taken in year 3 by students of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Game Development and Animation for Games.

Featured project : The Emerald Hour by Ollie Reilly

Ollie created “The Emerald Hour” for the year 3 motion graphics module.  The piece is a title sequence for a fictional Netflix series set in a luxury hotel in the 1920s.  The art deco influence can clearly be seen in colour palette and visual design,  which communicates the story using a clean graphic style and clever transitions.  Some of Ollie’s pre-production work can be seen below.

Main Title Design

Storyboards and Style Frames show how the proposed clip will look

Many thanks to Ollie for allowing us to share his work. The Motion Graphics module is taken in year 3 by students of Digital Media and Interaction Design and Animation for Games.

Featured project : Maze of the Minotaur by Jamie Gibb

“Maze of the Minotaur” was created by Jamie for the year 3 motion graphics module.  The brief was to create a promo/ explainer for a fictional games company who specialise in retro games.   Jamie was inspired by the glitches and textures seen on CRT monitors and used this as a key feature of this piece, which promotes a Pacman style game.

You can see more of Jamie’s work on his instagram – @jambon3d

Many thanks to Jamie for allowing us to share his work. The Motion Graphics module is taken in year 3 by students of Digital Media and Interaction Design and Animation for Games.

 

Celebrating the Class of 2026

Congratulations to the 2026 graduates of the creative computing degrees – Digital Media and Interaction Design, DMID Global, Animation for Games, Games Development, Sound Design, User Experience Design and Web Design and Development.  As you will see from the showreel, an amazing selection of projects from some very talented people!  We know they will go on to great things, so look out for them in the future.

Hydra are back and looking for new projects and collaborators

We had our first Hydra Media Studio meeting of the year yesterday and are ready to get started on some new collaborative projects.  The clip above shows the walk through of the museum we created last year and it’s on our agenda to upgrade and add new content to this.  We also have lots of plans for new projects including games, zines, animations and graphics – we would love to hear from you if you would like to get involved with the studio or have a project idea.  Get in touch at hydramediastudio@napier.ac.uk to find out more or be added to our discord.  We meet regularly online and in person so you can be involved as much or as little as you like.

Honours Project Exhibition Day – Congratulations Class of 2025!

Huge congratulations to our class of 2025, who presented their work at our exhibition day recently.  Students of Digital Media and Interaction Design, Sound Design, Web Design and Development, UX Design and Animation for Games,  demoed their projects to friends, family and industry experts, sharing all the fantastic work they have made this year.  The showreel above features clips and posters from all the students that took part.

Look out for posts with more details of some of the projects soon and get in touch if you would like to be added to the invite list for next year!

Hydra Media Studio – Museum of You, Coming Soon!

The Hydra Media Studio are currently working on their first exhibit, the Museum of You, which will premiere at the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment Exhibition on the 14th of May.  The team have used games engines to create a virtual museum, which they are planning to fill with exhibits that represent the projects and personal memories of our current students.  Alongside this we have a team of year 3 students who are documenting Hydra Media Studio’s development, so look out for the short film coming soon.

If you are a current student who would like to get involved with the Museum of You or future projects, come along to Room D35 each Friday at 10am or drop us a line for the Teams link or to join our Discord for our virtual catch ups –hydramediastudio@napier.ac.uk

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